WO2022055843A1 - Synthetic aperture imaging systems and methods using mixed arrays - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure generally relates to the field of ultrasound imaging, and in particular to methods and devices that enable forming a synthetic aperture by combining signals from a mixed array including an array of optical resonators and other sensors.
- the methods and devices disclosed herein include optical resonators that have high sensitivity and high operational bandwidth for improved imaging performance.
- the first type of array element may be a non-optical sensor such as an acoustic transducer (e.g., piezoelectric transducer or capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) sensor) configured to transmit acoustic waves and the second type of array element may be an optical sensor such as a whispering gallery mode (WGM) sensor.
- acoustic transducer e.g., piezoelectric transducer or capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) sensor
- CMUT capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer
- WGM whispering gallery mode
- the method may include selecting the first sub-aperture for transmitting acoustic signals and a combination of the first sub-aperture and the second subaperture for receiving acoustic echoes in response to the acoustic signals.
- the method may include selecting an element from the one or more array elements of the first type for transmitting acoustic signals and a combination of the first sub-aperture and the second subaperture for receiving acoustic echoes in response to the acoustic signals.
- the method may include selecting an angle (e.g., steering angle) for transmitting acoustic signals and/or receiving acoustic echoes. The selection processes above may be iteratively repeated until all sub-apertures, array elements, and/or angles have been fully covered.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an exemplary synthetic aperture imaging system with a mixed array.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an exemplary front-end of a synthetic aperture imaging system with a mixed array.
- the multiplexer 120 functions to selectively connect individual system channels to desired array elements.
- the multiplexer 120 may include analog switches.
- the analog switches may include a large number of high voltage analog switches. Each analog switch can be connected to an individual system channel.
- the multiplexer 120 may selectively connect an individual system channel from a set of system channels of the imaging system 160 to a desired transducer element of the mixed array 110.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an exemplary front-end 140 of a synthetic aperture imaging system 100 with a mixed array 110, where both non-optical sensors and optical sensors may be used to detect ultrasound signals.
- the front-end 140 may include a probe interface(s) 141, a transmitter(s) 142, a receiver(s) 143, an optoacoustic receiver(s) 144, a transmit beamformer(s) 146, and a receive beamform er(s) 145.
- the transmit beamformer 146 may include one or more transmit channels and the receive beamformer 145 may include one or more receive channels.
- the mixed array may be configured to perform harmonic imaging as described in U.S. Patent App. No. 63/046,888, which is incorporated herein in its entirety by this reference.
- the transducer(s) in the mixed array 110 may include, for example, a lead zirconate titanate (PZT) transducer(s), a polymer thick film (PTF) transducer(s), a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) transducer(s), a capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducer (CMUT) transducer(s), a piezoelectric micromachined ultrasound transducer (PMUT) transducer(s), a photoacoustic sensor(s), a transducer (s) based on single crystal materials (e.g., LiNbO 3 (LN), Pb(Mgi/ 3 Nb 2/3 )- PbTiO 3 (PMN-PT), and Pb(Ini /2 Nbi/2)-Pb(M
- Acousto-optic systems based on optical sensors may directly measure ultrasonic waves through the photo-elastic effect and/or physical deformation of the resonator(s) in response to the ultrasonic waves (e.g., ultrasonic echoes). Therefore, the optical sensors can be considered as optoacoustic transducers that can convert mechanical energy (e.g., acoustic energy) to optical energy. For example, in the presence of ultrasonic (or any pressure) waves, the modes traveling a resonator may undergo a spectral shift or amplitude change caused by changes in the refractive index and shape of the resonator. The spectral change can be easily monitored and analyzed in spectral domain using the photodetector.
- the number of rows may be any even number such as 2, 4 ... 2//, where n is an integer.
- a 1.25D array configuration or a 1 ,5D array configuration may include at least two rows with a first number of PZT transducer elements (or other transducer elements) in one row and a second number of optical sensor elements in the other row.
- the first and second numbers may be the same, while in other variations the first and second numbers may be different (e.g., one row may include 128 array elements, while another row may include 192 array elements).
- the memory may be/include, for example, a memory buffer, a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), a flash drive, a secure digital (SD) memory card, and/or the like.
- the communication interface can be/include a USB interface, a PCIe interface, or a hardware component that is operatively coupled to the processor and/or the memory and may enable communication of the synthetic aperture computing device with components of the synthetic aperture imaging system and/or in some variation, external device and/or network of devices (e.g., the Internet).
- the synthetic aperture imaging system is required to select multiple transmit angles for the sub-frame, additional steering angles may be selected in order to obtain additional acoustic echoes, and the above-described process may be repeated for each additional steering angle for the sub-frame.
- the receive beamformer may coherently synthesize (e.g., coherently combine, phase match, frequency match, amplitude match, sum, and/or the like) the signals generated from all steering angles for the sub-frame. Subsequently, the system may repeat cycling through all of the steering angles for each sub-frame.
- the synthetic aperture imaging system can be configured to generate the phase delays (e.g., a phase delay profile) dynamically.
- the phase delay may also account for other factors.
- the phase delay may incorporate a stored delay value based on a nominal or known acoustic lens thickness, and/or a dynamic stored delay value determined using an adaptive system configured to detect phase aberrations and/or other imperfections of the acoustic lens and/or the media.
- both optical sensors and non- optical transducers may include other layers (e.g., a matching layer, a coating layer, and/or the like) between the sensor surface and the patient body.
- acoustic velocity can be another parameter in determining a final delay profile(s) for synthetic aperture beamforming.
- the phase matched, amplitude matched, and/or frequency matched optical sensor signals and non-optical sensor signals may be combined and communicated to the receive beamformer to form an image.
- the variation of FIG. 16 may have an advantage in reducing numbers of filters and amplifiers used in the synthetic aperture imaging system, thereby reducing manufacturing costs, etc.
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